What About Your Soul?

The majority of scientists claim that humans do not possess a soul. How do they know this? Is it not their area of expertise? This is outside their scope. They deal with natural, and when we talk about the soul, we are talking about the supernatural.

However, some people worship science as if it were God, instead of something that works alongside what God has created. Science is just exploring and aligning with what God has made. It is not surprising that the Evolutionists say that man does not have a soul, since they say that we just evolved by chance from an amoeba. They say, man has no creator other than chance and no ultimate purpose in life. They this is courageous to believe this, however, the Bible says, “The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none who does good” (Psalm 14:1). It is a foolish view because it is not reasonable considering all the evidence for a creator. People like this view because in it, they can be their own God and pretend that God is not Sovereign.

Our soul has a spirit given by God that is eternal; after physical death comes eternity. Every person in the womb has a soul. Life indeed is precious, especially to God. Jesus said, “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26). To lose your soul is to end up in hell. It is to lose out on the beauty of life—here and in eternity. As the Bible says, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

As Dallas Willard has said, “When the will withdraws from God and focuses upon itself, the soul is deprived of sustenance in God. It withers, dries up. The will becomes entangled with duplicity, deceit, and falsehood and carries all dimensions of the self with it. A lost person does not know where they are.” If you have a map and you don’t know where you are on a world map, you are totally lost.

When you break a bone in your body, the bone must be reset and bound up in that setting to heal. Likewise, truth can involve some pain in admitting our need for God and our emptiness and lostness without him. We need to be healed in the deepest part of ourselves, and that is our soul. Our brokenness can only be healed in Jesus. Jesus said, “ Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30).

The soul that is not fed spiritually, not just causally, but with passion, will also dry up. The soul that has not its whole person centred and directed by God will live a disconnected life from self, others and God. The inner life must be dealt with, not just the outer life, or it may descend into legalism like the Pharisees of Jesus' day.

The saints of old, like John of the Cross, called dealing with the sins of the senses and then going deeper and dealing with the sins of the spirit. The senses are disordered desires and passions. The sins of the Spirit are the root cause of sins, and they must be rooted out for the soul no longer to be disordered. However, it is not just about not sinning; it is about resting in him, finding our life in abiding in him and seeing where God is at work and joining him. Jesus called this abiding in him. (John 15:4)

The internet in a google search states it this way, “ St. John of the Cross identified "spiritual sins," or imperfections, that hinder one's journey to God, including spiritual pride (desiring self-glorification and dominance over others), greed (never being content with God's spiritual gifts), lust (finding inordinate pleasure in spiritual experiences), wrath (irritation and lack of patience), gluttony (seeking delight in religious exercises), envy (sadness at others' spiritual progress), and sloth (avoiding spiritual hardship). These "sins" represent unhealthy attachments and are overcome through active and passive purification, a process of detachment from self and all worldly things to achieve perfect union with God. We do this when we walk humbly with God, surrender to him in love and resist the devil, and he will flee. (James 4:6-7)

The soul is the whole person, which can be aligned with sin or with God. Our souls can be restored only in and through Jesus Christ. As the Bible says in Psalm 23, verse 3, “He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.” Pastors used to be focused on soul care—that is, dealing with the whole person; however, much of their time today is wrapped up in administration. Of course, each person must also take responsibility for their own soul care before God.

Yes, we have a soul. God works in the non-Christian from the outside in, depending on their receptivity. God also works in Christians from the inside out, depending on their receptivity. It requires your effort to align with God and to know the fullness of the abundant life here. It requires courage and effort alongside what God is doing. What are you yoked to—the world, or primarily to yourself or the opinions of others, and primarily pleasing them above all else? If so, our lives will be disordered. Healing of our souls will come when we are yoked to Jesus.

It is a huge gamble to neglect our souls. According to Jesus and God’s word, we have a soul. The one who created and rose from the dead, has firsthand experience, and the Bible has one consistent theme over 1500 years. If you don’t deal with the issues of your soul, you will be lost for eternity. In hell, there will not be any friends, for to have a friend, there must be some goodness. In hell, there will be no goodness.

Jesus can save your soul. He can save your whole person here now and for eternity. Jesus took the penalty of your sin on a cross, and you can inherit eternal life when you are adopted by Jesus and thus born again of his spirit. (John 3:3) This is the most important matter to settle in this life and the next. Where will you spend eternity? You can and should know, according to the Bible, that you are saved. The Bible says, “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:13). The Bible also says, “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God” (Romans 8:16). Of course we will also bear fruit of a transformed life. (Matthew 12:33) Not that you may hope that you have eternal life, but that you know. Not just believe about, but place your faith in and have your sins forgiven in Christ since you have repented of the love of sin. If you don’t love God, you certainly will not want to go to heaven. However, if you do respond to Jesus, nothing can compare to truly knowing him. (Philippians 3:8)

How is your soul? Does it need to be restored to your creator? Turn to him and away from sin. Pray and ask him to forgive your sin and receive him as Saviour and Lord. From that starting point, go on to have your soul fully restored in practice as you walk with him and abide in him. “The law of the Lord is perfect,converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple” ( Psalm 19:7). God and his ways will heal you. Your soul can be restored. You soul can find rest or its source and healing in Jesus Christ.